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Deleting a raid array – Dell XPS 630i (Early 2008) User Manual

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About RAID Configurations

1 Enable RAID on your hard drives (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-

Enabled Mode" on page 69).

2 After rebooting your computer, launch Nvidia MediaShield.
3 Click Create under System Tasks.

The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard appears and lists the disks that are
available for configuration.

4 Click Next.
5 Click Custom, then click Next.
6 Use the drop-down box to select Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1).
7 Click Next.

The Free Disk Selection window appears.

NOTE:

Only RAID-enabled hard drives are listed as free disks.

8 Click to select the drives that will make up the RAID configuration, click

Next, and then click Next again.

NOTE:

Your computer supports a maximum of two drives per RAID 1 array and

four per RAID 0 array.

The Clearing System Data window appears.

NOTICE:

The Clear System Data option deletes all data on the selected drive.

9 Click Next.

10 Click Finish to create the RAID configuration.

The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the
array along with any other installed hard drives.

Deleting a RAID Array

NOTE:

While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it also splits the RAID 1

volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data
files intact. Deleting a RAID 0 volume, however, destroys all data on the volume.

NOTE:

If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume,

your computer will become unbootable.

1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield.
2 Click to select the array you want to delete.

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